For Kolby Branch, Georgia trip to Omaha carries extra weight

Kolby Branch (UGA Sports Comm) Georgia infielder Kolby Branch (9) during Georgia's game against Mississippi State in the 2026 DI Baseball Championship Athens Super Regional at Foley Field in Athens, Ga., on Sunday, June 7, 2026. (Conor Dillon/UGAAA) (Conor Dillon/Conor Dillon/UGAAA)

June 10, 2026 at 9:23 a.m. UTC

By Hunter DeLauder, DawgNation

Kolby Branch watched his brother Kyle’s Oklahoma Sooners upset No. 2-seeded Georgia Tech one week ago.

The Georgia Bulldogs won the Athens Regional the day prior, which allowed Branch and his teammate Tre Phelps to be in the stands in Atlanta alongside Branch’s parents, Kari and Rusty.

Fast forward one week and both Branch brothers have punched their tickets to Omaha.